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J. O.KINSEY. THILL OOUILING.

UNITED STATES COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

PATENT OFFICE MONTGOMERY THlLL-COUPLING.

SPEIFIGATION forming part ofLetters; Patent N0. 423,383,-da0ed March 11; 1890. AppIication filed Sep1iember 25,1889. Serial N0. 325.039. (N0 mode1.)

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130 it known that I, JACOB O. KINSEY, a Citizen 0f the United Sta tes, residing ab R0anoke, in tl1e ountyof Roanoke and Staate 0'E Virginia, hzwe invented eertain 110W anr1 useful Improvements in Thill-Oouplings, 0f which the following is a speeification.

My invenoi0n relates t0 an improved thil1- empfing, 2Ln(1 has f01 its object 130 provide a coupling in whi0h the thill ean 110 quickly eonneeted With and disconnected froxn the axle-elip, and 0110 in which the pivotnl holt is securely fastened.

Another object is t0 pr0vide an in1proved anti-rattling device; and a fu1th0l 0bjeet is t0 provide 1neans whereby nhe thill-irons 02m be quick1y adj usted laterally.

Other objects of. my improvement are t0 produce a cheaper an 1 better device than those hithert0 en1ployed f01 these .purposes, a110f Whi0h will 130 fu11y described hereinafter. I accomplish these results by1neans 0f ehe eonstruetion and arrangement of parts, as illustrated in the dmwings, deseribed in the specificaoion, and pointed 0u0 in the clainns.

In the drawings f0nning a part 01": this specifieati0n, and in which sin1ila1 nnmerals of referenee. indieate th'e sa1ne 0r eorresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a perspeetive view 0f my improved conpling detached from the 0x10. Fig. 2 is a, side view 0f the same attached t0 the ax1e, the safety lugs 01 gnards being turned down. Fig'. 3 is a side view, the safety-lugs being turned up. Fig. 1 is a top p1an view. Fig.'5 is a vertical se0ti0n tak0n 0n the 1ine 5 5 0f Fig. 1.

Referring t0 12110 drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the ordinary c1ip, hzwing its 10W61 ends threaded, 2 U10 olamping-plate, se0ured by the nuos 3, in -the usual manner. The forward 11101111001 0f tl1e clip l is forn1ed with a cross-p1ate 4., extending t0 either side 0f said member an l in parallel relati0n there- With, anti a1; 12110 10W61 edge 0f said cross-plate is f0mned the forwardly-projecuing ledge 01' flange 5, said flange being eurved slightly upwardly. At either end 0f the cross-plate 4: are formed the forwardly-extending ears 6,0110 forwardlower ends 0f Whi0h are apertured ac 7 t0 receive 12110 pivota1 holt S, Whi0h passes through an aperture 9 in the e'n'd 0f the 1311111- i1on 10. The apertuures 7 are snfiicientlylnrge t0 permit the pivotal holt t0 100 qnickly ins0rted therein, and the aperture 9 is sufficiently larg'e, 130 permit 13110 thill-iro1i sliding freely 011 the pivotzil holt, said holt being perfect-ly snxooth, as shown. The pivota1 b01t 8 is 0f such a 1ength tlmt its ends 1ie fiush With the onter sides 0f the ears 6, and 110 pr 0vent said holt beeoming misp1ac0d I employ the safetylugs 11, pivoted t0 the ontersides 0f ears at a p0in to t-he real 01: the pivotaI-bolt apertures,and preferably above 13110 same,as shown.

Th0 safety-lugs 11 extend entirely ovef .th'e apertures 7, thereby preventing the 100113 6 slipping 0u0, and said safety-lugs a1'e .00nnected by a C1OSS-b2bl 12, whereby a Convenient grip is afforded and the ]ugs are made t0 1110ve in nuison. The safety-lugs may be pivoted t0 the ears in any suitable manner; but in pm0tice I prefer to pivot t11e1'1'1 by means 0f a holt 13, extending through both ears 6, the lugs 11 being rigic'lly secured t0 each end of nhe holt 13 in any well-known manner. T110 holt 13 is preferably provided with a screw-thread 13', and 0n said thread are two nurs 14, 0110 on eitherside 0f the 011111- iron, the ends 0f Whi0h project in the path of the nuts 14. VVit-h this construetion and a1- rangernent of parts the thill-iron can be lat- JACOB O. KINSEY, OF ROANOKE, VIR%GINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 EVALINE KIN SEY, OF SAME PLAGE, AND CHARLES D. CROMER, -OF

era1ly adj ust0d t0 aceommodate various-sized shafts und in a quick and convenien manlt is n0t ab all essential that the threaded holt shou1d 100 eonneeted with the safety-lugs; bnt in praetiee I 112W0 found such eonsfnruetion desirable and have so illustrated it. T0 p1event the thill-iron rattling 0n the pivotal holt, I employ the st0uo stee1 spring 15, said spring being bent upon itself 130 form the members 15- and 15 the end of the member 15' being curved outwardly at 16, and on the end 0f the men1ber lfi,which is s1ightly 1onger than the other member, is a fing 01 handle 17. The spring 15 is supported 011 the b01t 13, the end 16 resoing 011 the 1edge 01 flange, the n1en1ber 15 beaning 011 the man end of the thil1-iron, and the 1ing 01 handle extending be1ow the coupling proper. By means Of 

